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Could Percy Harvin still pop up on the Dolphins’ radar?

It’s been a bear market for Percy Harvin for the past month or so, with his stock dropping like a stone.

A 12 on the Wonderlic test and a failed test for marijuana at the scouting combine, coupled with some nagging injuries in Gainesville and doubt that he’s a polished enough wide receiver to step in immediately, have seemingly caused a bunch of teams to cool on Harvin.

Some people wonder if Harvin will even go in the first round of this weekend’s draft, though that might be a bit extreme.

But if Harvin makes it past a few teams that need a big-play wide receiver, including the Jets at No. 17 and the Vikings at No. 22, the Dolphins could have an interesting decision to make at No. 25.

“He is the most explosive player in this draft by far,” Mike Ackerley, the Titans’ director of college scouting told The Tennessean in Friday’s editions. “I know he has problems and that probably is going to hurt his draft status a little bit, but there is no doubt in my mind that … he can do the things he needs to do to be a top receiver in this league.”

One man’s opinion, but likely the same one of just about every team in the league, including the Dolphins.

For a team in dire need of game-changers on offense, Harvin, who doesn’t even turn 21 until May 28, would have to be tempting.

Harvin, the nation’s No. 1 recruit in 2006 who scored 65 TDs his final two years in high school, made a some questionable decisions in high school and might have been a bit of a prima donna who occasionally tested Urban Meyer’s patience in Gainesville.

But Harvin wasn’t a trouble maker in three years with the Gators and was one of the toughest, most-dedicated players for two national title teams.

Like Meyer, possibly the best coach in college football, do you really think Tony Sparano and Bill Parcells can’t bring in a 20-year-old kid with Harvin’s talent and competitiveness and get the best out of him?

Harvin’s best is as good as anyone’s in the draft.

In a star-studded game, Harvin was the best player on the field in last year’s national championship. Playing in the SEC, he averaged more than 11 yards every time he touched the ball during his college career and scored in 16 straight games to close it, lining up at receiver, tailback and even quarterback. (Can you say Wildcat?)

Having covered Harvin’s recruitment and freshman season in Gainesville, I had the occasion to speak to a lot of people about Harvin. One longtime sportswriter from the Virginia Beach area said only one athlete might have been better than Harvin during the writer’s 30-plus observing sports in the Tidewater area … Allen Iverson.

This area produced, to name just a few, Michael Vick, Kenny Easley, Ronald Curry and D’Angelo Hall, who the writer said Harvin was faster than.

Miami wants to find a WR with size who can line up outside the hash marks, be physical going for the ball, run after the catch … all the things a No. 1 WR can do.

Harvin doesn’t have the size (5-11, 194) to fit that mold, but part of coaching is putting players in the best position to succeed.

There’s also a feeling the Dolphins already have a player like Harvin in Ted Ginn Jr., who lines up in the slot, runs drag routes, gets the ball on end-arounds.

If Ginn had Harvin’s talent, toughness and ability to play his best in big games, Randy Mueller would be praised, not vilified, in South Florida.

Harvin deservedly has been criticized. His failed drug test at the combine raised questions about what he possibly could have thinking.

But there are questions to a lesser degree about just about every player in the draft.

Not to make light of the issues with Harvin, but it’s a good bet he answers the question that ultimately matters: Can he play at a high level in the NFL?